Useful Shell Commands

Last Updated on Dec 26, 2022

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for you doing things wrong and breaking your phone or losing your data.

Get Your MSL: (if this doesn’t work, you may need a different toolbox binary)
```
getprop ril.MSL
```
Execute a command or file as root even if you’re not using the root shell: (handy over ADB with a secure kernel)
```
su -c COMMAND|FILENAME
```
Reliable screenshot: (even works on 4.2.2; however, if you’re saving the screenshot to the internal SD card with emulated storage, you must use its real path which is “/data/media/0” – works best with ADB, Tasker, or something automated so you don’t just screenshot the shell emulator)
```
screencap FILENAME
adb shell su -c screencap /data/media/0/test.png
adb shell su -c screencap /storage/extSdCard/test.png
```
Clear cache:
```
rm /data/dalvik-cache/*
rm -r /cache/*
```
Delete all app data:
```
rm -r /data/data/*
```

Sophie LaBüf